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Trust and Equity Trustees in merger talks

ASX-listed trustee services providers, Trust Company and Equity Trustees are in merger talks, potentially creating a company with more than $450 million market cap. Trust has confirmed the possible merger but wrote in an ASX statement that its board ...

SPAA backs specialist audit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... each member association had certain competencies and standards they had to follow and over time there's been more of an interest in exactly what an SMSF auditor does and what competencies they were required to have," said Slattery. Meanwhile, the Auditing ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... weighed by problems in credit markets. An unexpected fall in the unemployment rate also influenced the fall, on fears that interest rates may increase again. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had fallen 66.8 points, or 1.27 per cent, to 5191.1 ...

Consumer confidence plummets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... percentage points, signaling the economy may be about to slow just enough to allow the Reserve Bank to start dropping interest rates. The news is contained in the latest Sensis consumer report which measures confidence across a sample of 1500 Australians ...

Local biotech shines through overseas listing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
ASX-listed biotechnology firm Starpharma may not have flagged much interest from local investors, but the company has attracted the attention of US funds. According to Jackie Fairley, chief executive of Starpharma, targeting US investors was a "natural ...

FitzGerald retires, Adams comes onboard

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
After more than 34 years in global credit, Colonial First State Global Asset Management co-head of global fixed interest and credit, Tony FitzGerald, has announced his retirement and will be succeeded by Tony Adams. FitzGerald, who will be retiring ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... senior advisor Stuart Smith said the positive close in New York and the perception that Australia is at the top of the interest rate cycle as the economy shows signs of slowing had helped the market gain today. "The bond rate is also supportive of the ...

FPA drafts practice principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has developed a set of Practice Standards for its members to ensure clients consistently receive appropriate advice. The FPA Professional Conduct Committee, financial planners and compliance specialists developed ...

Bridges takes over as Scobie departs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
Peter Scobie has bid farewell to his position as head of fixed interest at Suncorp/Tyndall to take up the role of associate director - global fixed interest credit at QIC. Meanwhile ex-Tyndall head of fixed income and bonds, Roger Bridges, has moved ...

ANZ sets the scene for capital raising

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... take on the political economy of the liquidity crunch in Australia. He appears to be arguing that not only are no more interest rate rises required in Australia to contain inflation but that last week's rate rise engineered by the Reserve Bank of Australia ...